Don’t look now, but Ottawa’s professional baseball team is making a spirited run at the Frontier League playoffs with only ten games remaining in the season.
After sitting outside the postseason picture for most of the summer, the Titans have won eight of their last nine games, including shutting out Trois-Rivières by a score of 3-0 on Wednesday night, vaulting them into a projected playoff spot.
The hot stretch has left Ottawa third in the north division, behind the Quebec Capitales and Tri-City ValleyCats. While only the divisional winner automatically qualifies for the playoffs, the next two best records in the conference will receive wild card spots in the postseason.
If the season ended now, Ottawa would secure a wild card berth by the slimmest of margins. After 86 games, the Titans have posted a 46-40 record, barely edging out the 45-39 record held by the New York Boulders.
This past weekend, the Titans won two pivotal games on the road during a three-game series against the Boulders. The two squads will play each other three additional times later this month, again in New York, in what is likely to be the most crucial series of the season.
Ottawa has qualified for the postseason three times in the franchise’s four-year history, though they have never made it past the divisional round.
Next up, the Titans will look to complete the four-game sweep of Trois-Rivières on Thursday night before hosting a three-game homestand against the Massachusetts-based Brockton Rox this upcoming weekend.
Notably, Saturday evening’s matchup will be a ‘Bark in the Park’ game at Ottawa Stadium, meaning fans will be allowed to bring their pooches to the ballpark (for an extra $5).
Tickets (for humans and canines) are still available at www.ottawatitans.com.
